Is low volatility becoming a threat to Bitcoin?

[ahpku]

Unless they have free or almost free trades, I can get bitcoin on Coinbase, which would, hopefully, lower their higher trade costs.

"25 basis points [.25%] the value of every trade will be applied to both buyers and sellers."

[Denker]

Low volatility isn't a threat. It's just not really useful for speculators and day-traders I guess.
I have nothing agains a higher volatility as long as the chart is moving north.

[hellscabane]

Although most in this thread are of the opposite opinion, I tend to agree that we are approaching the point in time in which there is too little Bitcoin volatility. On average Bitcoin is maintaining around 2.5% daily volatility, which sounds great, but when you measure it (as a stock), various indicators point to it being more dangerous than not. Average middle cap stocks (which is what the marketcap of BTC is still most closely related to), usually average around a 4-5% daily volatility. Additionally, pegging BTC to an RSI also makes it seems fairly weak.

Although there is the caveat that BTC trades are traditionally "cheaper" (since they're based on a matter of a few basis points) than with normal stock brokerages, the relative difference still outweighs the low volatility seen in the BTC market as a sign of concern.

[pattu1]

Just when we thought the low volatility was boring, Bitcoin has made a nice move up.
Prepare for more volatility in the coming days. 

[Mickeyb]

Many people claim "high volatility" makes Bitcoin difficult for businesses to use, hard to hold, etc.
Is low volatility becoming a threat to Bitcoin?
Why?
Dull-markets with little chance to trade, low volume, less media coverage, fewer new users:
Are we in danger of slowly being bored to death?

I don't think that the days of low volatility are already here. There will be some more very volatile time in front of us. Our market is just to small to be stable enough.

The last stable weeks are just because nothing major was going on. We have become dull. You see how markets are reacting already on Gemini exchange announcement.

[Nagle]

Dull-markets with little chance to trade, low volume, less media coverage, fewer new users:
Are we in danger of slowly being bored to death?

2015, the year of "meh".

Miners' revenue and Bitcoin transaction volume in USD have also been roughly flat for most of 2015.

[azguard]

Depends from a look of your perspective.

some say low volatility isn't a threat other it is.

I think we all agree that this is good if price goes UP 

[Ceizer54]

No i won't say low volatility in bitcoin price is a threat to bitcoin..Low volatility on the other hand is making bitcoin stable and more acceptable to many users...
because in earlier time when bitcoin was so volatile then some people were able to make high profit and some were in loss as a result some people feared from the bitcoin prices but now it's becoming stable slowly